Tomás Saraceno on Cloud Cities, Aerocene, and His Move to Berlin

Tomás Saraceno, born in San Miguel de Tucumán in 1973 and now based in Berlin, discusses his practice spanning art, architecture, and science. In 2011, his installation 'Cloud Cities' at Hamburger Bahnhof in Berlin featured a network of aerial sculptures for visitors to inhabit. His project 'Aerocene' was exhibited at the Grand Palais in Paris during the climate change conference to promote renewable energy. Saraceno describes sustainability as an ever-expanding concept requiring long-term thinking beyond human generations. Sociologist Bruno Latour linked Saraceno's 'On Space Time Foam' at HangarBicocca in Milan to actor-network theory, defining habitat as a formless entity where nature and society merge. Saraceno notes that each movement in that installation altered others' positions and pressure, presaging the discovery of gravitational waves confirming Einstein's relativity. He aims to expand dialogues, with 'Aerocene' sensing infrared radiation invisible to humans, like bees do. Influenced by Gyula Kosice and Peter Cook, Saraceno moved his studio from Frankfurt to Berlin after a real estate company bought his previous space for a supermarket. He views change as a luxury and a challenge, citing Freud and Lewis Mumford on human mobility.